| Lobbyist commissioned controversial poll in mayor’s race
Portland lobbyist Len Bergstein tells the Portland Tribune that he commissioned the public opinion poll that has emerged as a controversial issue in the Portland mayor's race. "I commission polls from time to time for my own purposes, and I wanted to know what people were thinking about the mayor's race," Bergstein told the Portland Tribune Sunday afternoon. Among other things, the poll compared how City Commissioner Sam Adams and Portland businessman Sho Dozono would do in the mayor's race. Although Bergstein is now advising Dozono in his race against Adams, Bergstein said he commissioned the poll before Dozono decided to enter the race.Bergstein also said he did not tell Dozono about the poll in advance, but shared the results with him after they came in. On Friday Dozono reported the poll as a $27,295 in-kind contribution to his campaign.
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A pickup in international travel and income from add-on services have also helped American, which expects its mainline passenger unit revenue for the quarter to rise by between 3.8% and 4.8%. • Fuel costs: Though they have eased from 2006 highs, jet fuel prices are about 15% higher than a year earlier. However, Morgan Stanley analysts estimate American's fourth-quarter fuel bill could come in about 6% lower due in part to the flight cancellations. .
Health crisis facing elderly drinkers doctors call Saga louts
What gives this man authority? for their knowledge of how the brain and mind works is totally outdated and discredited by serious scientists. They have a habit of denying any treatments known for sure to work: like LSD for chronic alcoholics, or cannabis for many nervous disorders. The plant that is not the dirty resin sold in UK streets that could be horse tranquiliser or sump oil for all you know. It'll give you a headache anyway. That a drug might give pleasure to a patient is all wrong to them; they prefer pills that poison or at least stupify. The history of 20th psychiatry deserves a black museum. They deny this too and revile any of their own that break rank and tell it like it is. IMO contemporary phychiatry is the disease of modern society and another example of our money for nothing culture.
High Fuel Prices Bringing More People to Food Pantry
Higher fuel costs have affected some Ashley County residents in ways other than requiring them to pay more at the pump and to pay higher utility bills. Hamburg Helping Hands Food Pantry Director Mary Williams explained recently that while fuel costs have increased, working extra hours to make ends meet is not an option for a percentage of elderly residents collecting social security. During January, according to Williams, the pantry aided 114 families. "The biggest group served are senior citizens, 70 to 80-years-old. They're the ones struggling most," Williams said, adding that 70 percent of those assisted through the pantry are senior citizens. "Try living on $600 a month to pay utilities and see how far that takes you," she said. Seniors also face medical issues combined with the increased living expenses.
United's future: What would a merged airline look like?
So it must've been baffling for United Airlines Chief Executive Glenn Tilton to see Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson in the spotlight as merger mania finally took hold in earnest last week.
With media and analyst attention focused on Delta's merger ambitions, Tilton on Friday sent a reminder in a companywide message that his hands are on the controls, too, as the industry contemplates a massive shake-up.
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Tubby can feel Weber's pain
Three Februaries ago, the fab followers of Illinois basketball were circling Champaign to brush up against Bruce Weber's Final Four-bound genius. Today, some of those same Krushed brushers are simply circling Weber's basketball bones. Tubby Smith knows the sting of faded April joy. He beat the blue posse out of Kentucky last spring with his 1998 NCAA championship banner still on display and now has his first-edition Minnesota Golden Gophers amped and waiting for this evening's visit from Weber and the struggling Illini (8, Big Ten Network, 560-AM). As a thriving survivor, Smith professed nothing but empathy and perspective Monday for his blue-circled colleague. ''Stay in this business long enough, and it's going to happen,'' said Smith, who completed a 10-year run in Lexington of 263-83 (.761) before bolting to sign a reported seven-year, $12.8 million deal at Minnesota last March.
What the candidates stand for
Hillary Clinton: 47 million Americans lack health insurance. The New York senator, who came to grief in 1994 with a complex plan as First Lady, has proposed a scheme that requires everyone to carry health insurance, offering government subsidies to help reduce the cost of coverage. Cost of the plan is $110bn (£56bn). Barack Obama: Also wants universal coverage, but would keep the private insurance system. He would inject cash to expand it to cover everyone. Insurers would not be allowed to refuse coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Campaign aides put the cost at $50-65bn a year, financed largely by eliminating tax cuts for the rich. John Edwards: Seeks to insure all Americans by 2012. Wants businesses, government and individuals to share responsibility, make insurance more affordable and reform the market to improve choice and quality and cut costs.
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